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 With counted cartridges, 164 Withholding the, 151 Wolozkoi's theory of the constant cone of misses, 173

FIRE AT SUCCESSIVE RANGES, 321

FIRE EFFECT, 167 As regards time, 172 At medium ranges, 151 Influence of the elevation selected, on, 162 On artillery when unlimbering, 326 On close order formations, 102, 103 On thin and dense skirmish lines, 77 Standard of measurement of the, 168

FIRE FIGHT Attack, 368, 369, 461 Defense, 427 Machine guns, 283 Superiority of fire in attack, 370-371

FIRE FOR EFFECT, 320

FIRE OF POSITION, 140 Infantry, 85 Machine guns, 85

FIRE WHILE IN MOTION, 92, 381 Austrian experiments with, 92 Examples of employment of, 93 Losses when using, 92

FIRING LINE Advance in attack, 366 Assembling the, 97 Closing in, 97 Dense, 75 Prolonging the, 96 Re-forming the, 97 Reinforcing the, method of, 96 Selection of line to be occupied by, 138 Strength and density, 75 Strength of the, 139 Use of cover by the, 138

FIRING TRENCHES, 417, 419, 420

FIXING BAYONETS, 372 Signal for, in assault, 377

FLAGS, Guidon, 62, 63

FLANK ATTACK Separation from holding attack, 361 France, 455

FLANKS, protection of the, in defense, 425

FOREGROUND, division into sections, 411

FORMAL TACTICS, 12

FORMATIONS, 42 Advance through woods, 332 Assembly, 42, 454 Austria, 49, 52, 58, 62, 69, 72 Battalion, 67-73